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Again, you seem to have some difficulty in appreciating my defence of him as an individual player when responding to your slating post of him as a player. Your switch in argument to impact on team and backed up with ridiculous factors like ginger hair takes it to a place where you may feel comfortable but is nonsenseland as far as I'm concerned. You seem to think I want us to play in Europe; I don't. With Ralph's style of play and piss poor squad depth we would probably be relegated.

Fine, completely switch the argument. You were slating him as an individual player, not the wider impact to the club. Frankly, I'd rather build a team we can afford to keep. If that means playing in the Championship, so be it. I'm not a fan of the transient nature of our modus operandi, hoping to have "exciting prospects" play for us for 2 years, whilst sucking up the "enjoy them while they're here..." bullshit. That's not football to me, that's not how you build a solid foundation for a team. It is how you make profit though and being a fan of the club I couldn't give 2 shits about profit. (sorry drifted off topic here... I'll raise this point again once the season is over).

He was also blowing out of his arse from about 70 minutes during the early part of the season. He's learning.

Get a grip. He's 20 years old FFS. Playing a role where there is no hiding place for a "bang average" Premier league team. He was joint top scorer for Vitesse during his "bang average" season there... as a 19 year old. He has the attributes to be a success in the Prem, he still has a lot of learning to do.

You're taking the piss, right? Djenepo... natural flair... not often seen in the same sentence. Livramento is an excellent prospect but he's not easily categorised as a "flair" player. Efficient, strong, pacey, good vision yes.... Ronaldinho no.

Not really, if you're comparing like for like.... Che scored 4 goals in his first season for us.

Before our recent streak of good form; I thought the time was right for Ralph to depart. I do admire the loyalty the club has shown him to date, it will be interesting to see how the new owners will take to this piss poor run of performances that we're now on. For the last few games we've been little threat up top and frequently exposed as a defensive unit, it's no real surprise that we've had a couple of thumpings.

ITK?? Close confident? Skilled at presenting opinion as fact?

Nail on the head.

The blue Rank Xerox is my favourite away kit.

Is Forster proven "quality"?? His quality is proven and many would say we should be looking for better. Anyway, this could all be irrelevant as Fraser might decide a change of scenery is what he wants.

If the reported wages of £80K a week are true, he has to go based upon the value received for his services.

I'd say average Premier League defender and I think he's as good as he's going to get.

He's insignificant

Gifted them the result. Overall a decent performance going forward, piss poor by the 2 centre backs. Djenepo coming on felt like we’d gone down to 10 men.

TonnerreBastard!!

His second half performance last night was infinitely better than his first half performance. Great to see his confidence in dribbling the ball out and I thought his decision making looked much more assured. Overall, a big step forward last night.

Valery looks utterly lost.

Ffs. A smack in the face for the supporters.

I think I spy a minor flaw in your plan... Romeu is only 3 months older than Jorginho, other than that it looks sound to me.

No bloody changes. We go again! COYS

Thunderbastard!!

We should win, doesn’t mean we will. Assuming Perraud is available for selection I think it’s only the fullbacks that Ralph has to make a decision over, the rest of the team picks itself.

And let's be fair Fraser's made a couple of cock ups

I'm not so sure it does fall into that category and here's why: - Southampton are not unique in employing this tactic or similar tactics - The tactic can suit both teams involved in the match, both are able to take on energy and chat with their respective coaches. - Players go down faking injury all the bloody time, a lot of the time to take some pressure off their team or to try and force the ref to stop a promising attack. It is infuriating. There is so much positivity that could be reported on the Saints currently, it must be disappointing that a non-story is the one that has received the most traction - or maybe that's just a sad reflection of sports journalism / society in general, after all there must be a reason why lil ol' Southampton are winning games. Fair play for signing up here though, hard hat on and good luck!